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Have they made this an "Accessibility" feature in order to
a) cripwash it? -- deflect criticism by claiming it's good for disabled people
b) ensure most people will never notice it, because they don't look at accessibility settings even if they'd benefit from them?
c) both
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I assume there’s no privacy whatsoever, and I wouldn’t believe anyone who told me otherwise.
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the #gravitons festival kicks off at the top of the hour!
strange & experimental sounds from around the fediverse.
https://gravitons.org/ <- all the events, in your time zone (if you turn off your VPN you sneaky yoke)
https://stream.gravitons.org <- watch here!
@strim <- follow this account to see when we go live!
One of the biggest tech companies shouldn’t steamroll how schools teach via an update. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/11/google-forcing-ai-students-bs
I like to know how stuff works, so Hot Flashes from #Menopause always confused me. I did some digging this morning and now it all makes much more sense.
The hot flash is not what your body is reacting to - it is your body's REACTION!
Normally, your internal thermostat has a wide range of "normal." Estrogen keeps that range wide. Less estrogen means a narrower range. Normally, natural variations in your internal temperature don't trigger any alarms. But if the acceptable band becomes too narrow, even a tiny (perfectly normal) fluctuation can set off all your body's alarms.
If your temperature drifts a fraction above the acceptable range, the body starts trying to cool itself off. And it is this *response* that we register as a hot flash: blood vessels near the skin dilate to release heat, and we FEEL that heat as it's being released.
So it's not that you feel hot and your body freaks out. It's that your temperature wiggles and your body freaks out and THAT'S WHAT MAKES YOU FEEL HOT.
Hot flashes are kind of a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Yes, this can go in reverse: you can feel unreasonably cold as your body tries to preserve heat when your temperature wiggles too low.
@sapphire This also happens if your thyroid is broken & your internal temperature regulator doesn't work. I find it really hard to keep my temp in a window when it's cold.
@ai6yr @autolycos @MsMerope You misspelled "Stu."
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They Create Worlds is live, doing a full in-depth history of the early days of Xbox!
the poor side-kick who has to go "yeah, true, yeah, I didn't think about that!" in all the videos...
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What’s the worst that could happen?
Some data brokers looking through your preferences and building a profile out of you, I guess.
@ryanprior I appreciate you laying your concerns out with this level of detail, and I am humbled that I persuaded you to reconsider your assessment of the PSF in that way. Thank you. I'll mull - after all, maybe I'm wrong! - and try to write something.
@ryanprior You criticized Bradley's actions; I will have to reread, but as of right now I think I don't perceive the kinds of issues you do. (A disclaimer: I consider Bradley a friend, but I believe I can criticize friends' actions in good faith, if appropriate.)
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My issue with votes is being able to profile users on a pretty deep level. It may not matter all that much now but once bad actors like corporations, scammers, stalkers, etc. start getting involved then there’s a lot negatives that it would bring with it.
@trashheap I'm getting hung up on copyright, but rereading your posts I get the impression you are more referring to respecting the craft and those who practice it?
@cstanhope Kind of both. I didn't state it explicitly, but I feel like people's lack of respect for the craft, is bound to undermine it's framing as the legal arguments over copyright heat up.
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Have they made this an "Accessibility" feature in order to
a) cripwash it? -- deflect criticism by claiming it's good for disabled people
b) ensure most people will never notice it, because they don't look at accessibility settings even if they'd benefit from them?
c) both
@bright_helpings On an iPhone with up to date iOS 27.2 I do not have this setting anywhere in settings.
Počet obětí střelby v Krakově vzrostl na šest, jde o čtyři ženy a dva muže, oznámila polská policie. Zraněných je 15 včetně několika policistů.
The only data center I support is the library!
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